The Crazy, Racist Tea Party Group - "True the Vote" - is sending out thousands of "Poll Watchers" to the Polls tomorrow to try to scare and intimidate you.
BE STRONG! BE BRAVE! KEEP YOUR CAMERAS ON!
PUT YOUR CAMERAS in your Bra. Put them in your pants. Put them in your purse.
If a Right Wing Poll Watcher comes up to you, these crazy racists don't want to be put on camera.
1. FIRST and FOREMOST --- turn on your camera!
2. STAY CALM! THEY are the Racist Crazies!
3. Ignore them!.
4. Ask them(kindly) to leave you alone "Please leave me alone. I'm exercising my right to vote." "Are you Targetting Me Due to the Color of my Skin?" "Are you?"
5. Bring out your Camera. Let them Know you are recording their "Racist" actions.
6. Tell them you are Calling Reverend Al and the OUR VOTE group. Call(866) OUR-VOTE, or 866ourvote.org. PLEASE MAKE FRIENDS WITH REV. AL: http://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/PoliticsNation AND LET HIM KNOW IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM! Maybe he'll put you on his Show!
7. Tell them "I like Obama, But I am Voting for my Mama."
If you have videos of these Tea Party Racists attempting to stop you from exercising your right to vote, send them 1st to Rev Al and post them on his facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/PoliticsNation, then send your videos to ME at dee_perezscott@yahoo.com, Rev. Al and I have PROMISED to take these racist, extremists to COURT! REPORT THEM! I PROMISE YOU... WE WILL PUT THESE RACIST IN JAIL OR ON TV!
REMEMBER! DON'T LET THESE RACIST POLL WATCHERS STOP YOU FROM VOTING!
YOU HAVE RIGHT ON YOUR SIDE!
WE HAVE YOUR BACK! SO DOES YOUR VIDEO! TAKE YOUR CAMERA WITH YOU AND WE WILL TAKE THEM TO COURT!
We ALL have to remember! These Right Wing Racist Extremists are on the WRONG SIDE of History. Our Country is Evolving to a Beautiful, Multi Cultural Nation. We seek Peace, Equality, the American Dream for ALL! Vote for Obama! Vote for the Right Side of History!
Showing posts with label voter suppression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voter suppression. Show all posts
Monday, November 5, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Breaking News: Republicans Lose Another "Suppress the Vote" Try in Ohio!
Great News! Another Win for Voter Equality!
HP reports: A federal judge sided with the Obama campaign and ruled Friday to order Ohio to restore three days of early voting before Election Day, a decision that could affect the outcome of the 2012 election in a key battleground state.
Judge Peter C. Economus of the Southern District Court of Ohio granted an injunction in favor of Obama For America, the Democratic National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party, which sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to restore in-person voting in the last weekend before the election.
"On balance, the right of Ohio voters to vote in person during the last three days prior to Election Day -- a right previously conferred to all voters by the State -- outweighs the State's interest in setting the 6 p.m. Friday deadline," ruled the court. "The burden on Ohio voters' right to participate in the national and statewide election is great, as evidenced by the statistical analysis offered by Plaintiffs and not disputed by Defendants. Moreover, the State fails to articulate a precise, compelling interest in establishing the 6 p.m. Friday deadline as applied to non-UOCAVA [Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act] voters and has failed to evidence any commitment to the 'exception' it rhetorically extended to UOCAVA voters."
The dispute over military voting spilled into the presidential campaign earlier this month, when the Mitt Romney campaign FALSELY accused the Obama campaign of trying to curtail rights for military voters, characterizing the lawsuit as an "outrage" and an effort to deprive military voters of extra days to vote.
The Obama campaign lawsuit seeks to EXPAND the voting period for ALL VOTERS, not to deprive military voters of that opportunity. The judge sided with the Obama camp, calling the early voting restrictions "arbitrary."
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Breaking News: Texas Voter ID (Suppression) Law BLOCKED! -- RICK PERRY CANNOT BLOCK LATINOS FROM VOTING!
Washington Post reports: A federal court on Thursday blocked a controversial new voter ID (SUPPRESSION) law in Texas, ruling that the state failed to show that the law would not harm the voting rights of minorities.The three-judge panel in the historic case said that evidence also showed that costs of obtaining a voter ID would fall most heavily on poor African Americans and Hispanics in Texas.
Evidence submitted by Texas to prove that its law did not discriminate was “unpersuasive, invalid, or both,” wrote David. S. Tatel, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in the panel’s 56-page opinion.
The ruling will likely have political implications in the coming elections. Republicans and Democrats have been arguing over whether increasingly tough voter ID laws discriminate against African Americans and Hispanics.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Republican Agenda REVEALED:
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Bradford Woods, made a very revealing remark Saturday at a right wing Republican meeting of the Republican State Committee in Hershey, PA. In this video, Turzai leaks the intent of their state's voter suppression law. Turzai provides his list of accomplishments of the Republican state House and Senate for this far right extremist Tea Party crowd. Turzai pointed to the new requirement for ALL voters to show a photo ID card as one example.
The PROOF of VOTER Suppression came from Turzai's own lips. Turzai said: "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done. First pro-life legislation -- abortion facility regulations -- in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor [Mitt] Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done."
Luckily for America, loyal patriots video taped Turzai's trechorous remarks. This video PROVES Republican's intent of Voter Suppression to help Romney hoodwink his way to Presidential Office.
Patriots who revealed the trechorous video said: "Pennsylvania already had sufficient safeguards in place to protect against voter impersonation." The Republican Agenda is clear. The reason for these trecherous Voter Suppression laws is to CON Romney into office.
Friday, March 9, 2012
REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO PASS STATE VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS!
Republicans in states across the U.S. are continuing with their Dirty Tricks! If they can't beat our President legitimately, they will use every Dirty Trick in their arsenal to win. Republican's are passing Voter Suppression laws, laws to STOP early voting, and laws to create long lines -- in state after state. Don't let Republicans fool you with their "We just want voter's to have a picture ID" claims. They are aiming to reduce the number of minority and young voters in their states - those that typically vote the Democratic Ticket. My message to all of my viewers -- MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR VOTING STATE'S RULES:
1. Learn the Voter Requirements in YOUR STATE (CLICK HERE for your State's rules)
2. Register to Vote; Find out what type of IDs are required to vote.
3. Determine from your state's link if you can Vote early then, if possible, VOTE EARLY!
1. Learn the Voter Requirements in YOUR STATE (CLICK HERE for your State's rules)
2. Register to Vote; Find out what type of IDs are required to vote.
3. Determine from your state's link if you can Vote early then, if possible, VOTE EARLY!
4. Ask your Parents, Family Members, Friends, Young and Old if they are prepared to vote. SHARE THE LINKS! Then make sure they Vote! Give them a Ride! Meet for Breakfast! Plan this as a family outing!
The NATION Reports:
Pennsylvania is a large, crucial swing state that leans a bit more Democratic than its neighbor Ohio. President Obama must win Pennsylvania if he is to retain the White House. That’s about to become more difficult.
Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a bill Wednesday—on a mostly party-line vote—to require that voters show photo identification in order to vote. Governor Tom Corbett, a Republican, supports the bill and will sign it into law once the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives passes it. Voter identification laws disenfranchise those without a photo ID. Multiple studies have shown that people without IDs are more likely to belong to a Democratic-leaning constituency, such as low-income, minority or young voters. It can also fall especially hard on people with disabilities and the elderly. That’s why Democrats oppose such a law. And as the Associated Press reports, “Counties, civil liberties advocates, labor unions, the AARP and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also objected to the bill.”
The AP also notes, “The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania has warned lawmakers that adding the additional step of requiring poll workers to check photo IDs will create longer Election Day lines at polling places.” Long lines at polling booths can cause people to give up and go home. That happened in many Ohio polling places in 2004. Some experts, such as Mark Crispin Miller of New York University, argue that those problems in Ohio may have thrown the election to President Bush.
The Pennsylvania bill is actually more moderate than many of its progenitors in states such as Georgia. Valid identification includes a student ID card from a Pennsylvania college or university, identification from a personal care home or employee cards for county or municipal workers. Voters without identification will be able to cast provisional ballots. However, they would then have to return within six days to prove their eligibility. Such an onerous burden will often go unmet, meaning votes will be thrown out.
Pennsylvania would become the third-largest state, after Texas and Florida, to require voters to produce photo identification. Florida is another large, important swing state. Voting rights have long been a contentious issue in Florida. Many Democrats and civil rights leaders believe that Governor Jeb Bush’s administration allowed George W. Bush to beat Al Gore in Florida in 2000 by ordering a purge of the names of felons from voting rolls. Such purges often ensnare legitimate voters with the same names and prevent them from voting. Thanks to the War on Drugs, felons in Florida are disproportionately black and Latino, as are people with the misfortune to share their names.
African-American Democratic state senators in Florida are trying to find ways to expand opportunities for citizens to vote, but Republicans are stymieing them. As the Miami Herald reported on Wednesday:
Deciding that the proposal was off topic, Republican Senate leaders refused to allow African-American senators to tag a proposal expanding early voting onto voter identification legislation. Sen. Chris Smith, D-Ft. Lauderdale, filed an amendment to HB 1461 that would have given counties the option of opening early voting locations on the Sunday before an election day.
The NATION Reports:
Pennsylvania is a large, crucial swing state that leans a bit more Democratic than its neighbor Ohio. President Obama must win Pennsylvania if he is to retain the White House. That’s about to become more difficult.
Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a bill Wednesday—on a mostly party-line vote—to require that voters show photo identification in order to vote. Governor Tom Corbett, a Republican, supports the bill and will sign it into law once the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives passes it. Voter identification laws disenfranchise those without a photo ID. Multiple studies have shown that people without IDs are more likely to belong to a Democratic-leaning constituency, such as low-income, minority or young voters. It can also fall especially hard on people with disabilities and the elderly. That’s why Democrats oppose such a law. And as the Associated Press reports, “Counties, civil liberties advocates, labor unions, the AARP and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also objected to the bill.”
The AP also notes, “The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania has warned lawmakers that adding the additional step of requiring poll workers to check photo IDs will create longer Election Day lines at polling places.” Long lines at polling booths can cause people to give up and go home. That happened in many Ohio polling places in 2004. Some experts, such as Mark Crispin Miller of New York University, argue that those problems in Ohio may have thrown the election to President Bush.
The Pennsylvania bill is actually more moderate than many of its progenitors in states such as Georgia. Valid identification includes a student ID card from a Pennsylvania college or university, identification from a personal care home or employee cards for county or municipal workers. Voters without identification will be able to cast provisional ballots. However, they would then have to return within six days to prove their eligibility. Such an onerous burden will often go unmet, meaning votes will be thrown out.
Pennsylvania would become the third-largest state, after Texas and Florida, to require voters to produce photo identification. Florida is another large, important swing state. Voting rights have long been a contentious issue in Florida. Many Democrats and civil rights leaders believe that Governor Jeb Bush’s administration allowed George W. Bush to beat Al Gore in Florida in 2000 by ordering a purge of the names of felons from voting rolls. Such purges often ensnare legitimate voters with the same names and prevent them from voting. Thanks to the War on Drugs, felons in Florida are disproportionately black and Latino, as are people with the misfortune to share their names.
African-American Democratic state senators in Florida are trying to find ways to expand opportunities for citizens to vote, but Republicans are stymieing them. As the Miami Herald reported on Wednesday:
Deciding that the proposal was off topic, Republican Senate leaders refused to allow African-American senators to tag a proposal expanding early voting onto voter identification legislation. Sen. Chris Smith, D-Ft. Lauderdale, filed an amendment to HB 1461 that would have given counties the option of opening early voting locations on the Sunday before an election day.
Last year, the Legislature approved sweeping new election law that, among other things, limited early voting hours and prohibited early voting within 72 hours of an election. Don’t worry, though, that Florida Senate Republicans have abandoned civil rights altogether. They made sure to amend the bill to prevent voting clerks from scanning the photo IDs they require voters to show.
As the Herald reports: Senators approved a different amendment sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart. That proposal allows voters to opt out of having their driver licenses scanned at the polls. The state’s supervisors of elections requested the option of scanning licenses, saying it will expedite the registration process during high-turnout election days. But Negron said civil liberties were at stake and people should be allowed to vote without potentially giving poll workers access to private information.
“This is the defining moment of the Libertarian caucus of the Senate,” Negron said while urging senators to approve his amendment. It passed on a voice vote, eliciting cheers from conservative senators.
“Freedom,” Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, shouted after the vote while pumping his fists in the air.
This is a twofer for Republicans: they get to pose as defenders of small government, while ensuring long lines thanks to the ID requirement. Tea Party Republicans say they support civil liberties, but they make a big exception for the right to vote.
“This is the defining moment of the Libertarian caucus of the Senate,” Negron said while urging senators to approve his amendment. It passed on a voice vote, eliciting cheers from conservative senators.
“Freedom,” Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, shouted after the vote while pumping his fists in the air.
This is a twofer for Republicans: they get to pose as defenders of small government, while ensuring long lines thanks to the ID requirement. Tea Party Republicans say they support civil liberties, but they make a big exception for the right to vote.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
PROOF: Republican Governors Enacting LAWS to STOP Minorities, the Poor and the Elderly from Voting!
An Elderly Couple in Tennessee finds they CANNOT Register to Vote! All part of the NEW LAW enacted by Republican Governors to STOP Minorities, the Elderly and the Poor from Voting!!!The Tennessean.com Reports: WASHINGTON — Lee and Phyllis Campbell never thought a trip to the Murfreesboro driver's license testing center would take them all the way to Washington. But that's what happened Monday, when the couple testified before a panel of House Democrats on their experience with Tennessee's new voter ID law. A staffer on the House Judiciary Committee invited the Campbells to testify at the forum on new state voter laws after hearing about the ordeal Phyllis Campbell experienced while trying to get a photo ID at the Murfreesboro testing center in September.
"It was daunting," Lee Campbell, a retired guidance counselor at Smyrna High School, said at the end of the forum. Tennessee is one of six REPUBLICAN states that passed laws this year requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote.
Fourteen REPUBLICAN states have now enacted such laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
There's no charge for the IDs in Tennessee. But officials at the Murfreesboro testing station told the Campbells an ID for Phyllis would involve too much paperwork and they should pay at least $8 to renew her driver's license, Lee Campbell testified. He said that when he insisted they wanted the free ID, he had to speak to three different testing center employees before one finally got approval to renew Phyllis' driver's license with a photo, free of charge. The visit lasted 58 minutes, he said. The wait didn't bother the Campbells, and they could have afforded the $8 fee. But those factors could deter other people from seeking an ID, Lee Campbell said.
"The point was that the Tennessee legislature had emphasized that the photo was to be FREE," he told lawmakers. "Otherwise, in my opinion, the fees being charged could be considered a POLL tax. (REPUBLICAN DIRTY TRICKS TO STOP THE ELDERLY, THE POOR AND MINORITIES from VOTING in the Next Election!!) The workers should have automatically asked, 'Are you here for the free ID?'"
Some 230,000 Tennesseans hold a non-photo driver's license, including 126,000 seniors who are registered voters. Under Tennessee law, seniors like Phyllis Campbell can opt not to have a photo put on their driver's license after age 60. Another 47,000 Tennesseans are registered to vote but don't have a driver's license.
District Supervisor Amy Lackey confirmed in September that the Murfreesboro testing center encouraged people without a photo on their license to get a new license with a photo rather than getting a separate photo ID for voting, which creates more paperwork. People who want a free photo ID for voting must ask for it specifically, she said. Lawmakers and other witnesses at Monday's forum echoed Lee Campbell's concerns about state voter laws. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said Democrats want to get the state laws overturned, but acknowledged that might not be possible before the 2012 elections. In the meantime, he urged witnesses to "make sure that every voter in every jurisdiction can vote."
"We cannot afford to not have them able to vote come November 2012," he said. "This election is crucial to them, their families, and their country." It's also crucial to Democrats. Experts say photo ID laws disproportionately target minorities, low-income people and students — all of whom are more likely to vote Democratic.
They said fees for getting IDs or documents needed to prove citizenship or identity, such as birth or marriage certificates, resemble the POLL taxes that were used mostly in the South to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites. The laws also affect elderly, disabled and rural voters, who may have trouble traveling to get a photo ID or waiting in long lines. Lee Campbell said he's spoken to friends and former colleagues -- the Poor and the Elderly -- who said they might not vote next year because getting to the testing station and waiting in line was too difficult.
THE VIDEO:
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Republicans CAUGHT Creating New Jim Crow Laws - Pushing Voter Suppression for the Poor and Minorities in the 2012 Election!
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO A WHITE APPLICANT! IMAGINE WHAT THEY WILL DO TO THE POOR OR A MINORITY! VOTER SUPPRESSION! JIM CROW!
Republican Governor Scott Walker is CAUGHT! He deliberately is pushing Jim Crow Voter Suppression Laws before Congress! His new bill is demanding anyone who registers to Vote go the the DMV. The DMV requires a BANK ACCOUNT with Money in it as Proof of Residency! CAN YOU IMAGINE?!
Watch the Video.
Look to see What Type of Jim Crow Enforcement he is putting in place to Block Poor and Minority Voters! It is Jim Crow ALL OVER AGAIN!
AND -- He is closing DMV offices in Poor Areas!
THE ACLU SHOULD INVESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY! DOJ, ACLU, MALDEF, NAACP, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FILE A LAW SUIT AGAINST SCOTT WALKER IN WISCONSIN!
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Video Transcript:
OBTAINING A VOTER ID AT THE DMV, MADISON WI 7-18-11.
ACCORDING TO THE DOT WEBSITE, in order to obtain a Voter ID, one must go to a DMV office and provide:
1. Proof of name & date of birth
2. Proof of identity
3. Proof of Wisconsin residency
4. Proof of US citizenship
5. A social security number
Station #1: The clerk examines my son’s BANK STATEMENT and determines that there isn’t enough “activity” on his account. I questioned the clerk about this, then turned on my camera. (Clerk examines Bank Statement, and that he uses Checking/Savings Account – need to show ACTIVITY, not just Balance.)
After making sure there is SUFFICIENT BANK ACTIVITY, the clerk decides he can send us on to the next station. It seems “Bank Activity” is NOW a REQUIRMENT for Voting!
What if he is Homeless and doesn’t have a Bank Account?
The clerk hasn’t dealt with a homeless person wishing to obtain a Voter ID, and apparently has NO IDEA how he would handles such a situation.
I don’t blame the clerk for this.. he’s doing what he was trained to do – turn away anyone who doesn’t have sufficient proof of residency.
Station 2: My son’s photograph is taken.
Station 3: This clerk examines the bank statement and finds it acceptable. (I find this “reading of the bank statement” to be an invasion of privacy.) The clerk automatically jots down “$28” on the application. He then notices that the “special box” on the form has been checked, so he crosses off the amount due. It bothers me that the clerk never asked if this application was for a Voter ID card or a regular ID card… How many people will forget to check the “special box” (or won’t notice it at all)?
They will either be charged $28 ( a poll tax), or will go away without getting a Voter ID.
State id cards should be free but applicants NOT notified. Not told from the start. Same card.
They wanted to change this law but affects a lot of people.
Here’s the supervisor: voter id or regular id. Charged $28.
They need to ask for it.
The instruction is: need id card to go and vote. If original / replacement/ duplicate…
Direction is to let them ask. Powers that be. Tracey howard. Regional operations manager. 608 226 7540. 2 weeks for id card? Sent thru mail. Has to meet same requirements. Come through mail. ID, voter ID, method thru which we verify residency. Still provide us with address, even if address. How do they show you if they don’t have bank account.
Letter from shelter; accept
Video runs out of film.
The supervisor tells me that a homeless person would need a letter from a sherlter in order to prove residency…I wonder how many homeless shelters have official letterhead. I asked the supervisor, “What about a homeless person who lives on the street rather than in a shelter?” He told me that unless they could provide”acceptable proof of Wisconsin residency,” they wouldn’t be able to obtain a Voter ID.
According to David Canon, a UW political science professor…there are an estimated 300,000 people who need a Voter ID. There are an estimated 300,000 eligible voters in the state who do not have a driver’s license. A number disproportionately made up by elderly, minorities , the disabled and students.
How does the DMV plan to accommodate 300,000 people who need a Voter ID?
This is what Voter Suppression Looks like.
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